Tag: Solid Earth Tectonic Processes
June 12, 2023
European Distinguished Geoscientist Medal Goes to UT’s Thorsten Becker
The European Geosciences Union has awarded the 2023 Augustus Love Medal to Thorsten Becker, a professor at The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School…
Read MoreFebruary 16, 2023
Earthquake Scientists Have a New Tool in the Race to Find the Next Big One
An everyday quirk of physics could be an important missing piece in scientists’ efforts to predict the world’s most powerful earthquakes. In a study published…
Read MoreFebruary 6, 2023
Scientists Detect Molten Rock Layer Hidden Under Earth’s Tectonic Plates
Scientists have discovered a new layer of partly molten rock under the Earth’s crust that might help settle a long-standing debate about how tectonic plates…
Read MoreNovember 29, 2022
UTIG Celebrates 50 Years of Geophysics Exploration and Discovery
The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) will celebrate 50 years as a world leader in geophysical research at an anniversary symposium on November…
Read MoreNovember 11, 2022
Making Quakes in Austin, Texas
Newly Constructed Earthquake Machine Makes Earthquake on First Test By Kristin Phillips After months spent carefully combining black steel plates, delicate sensors, and five hydraulic…
Read MoreNovember 7, 2022
Scientists Plan Major Research Program to Understand Earth’s Most Dangerous Hazards
The University of Texas at Austin has joined leading scientists on a bold new effort to understand Earth’s largest earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The plans…
Read MoreSeptember 22, 2022
Deepest Scientific Ocean Drilling Sheds Light on Japan’s Next Great Earthquake
Scientists who drilled deeper into an undersea earthquake fault than ever before have found that the tectonic stress in Japan’s Nankai subduction zone is…
Read MoreSeptember 6, 2022
Jackson School’s Demian Saffer and Bridget Scanlon to Give 2022 AGU Named Lectures
The Jackson School of Geosciences’ Demian Saffer and Bridget Scanlon are each to give a Bowie Lecture at the American Geophysical Union’s 2022 Fall Meeting….
Read MoreFebruary 25, 2022
Century-Old Technology Inspires Method for Early Warning Tsunami and Earthquake Detection
A million kilometers of fiber optic cable lie on the ocean floor, carrying telecommunication signals across vast stretches of ocean to keep the whole world…
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2022
UT Graduate Student Research Solves Plate Tectonics Mystery
The longstanding enigma of how tectonic plates can break Earth’s rock-hard shell may have been solved by a recent graduate student at The University of…
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